Assembling-machine for matches and splints



M. PARIDON. K ASSEMBLING MACHINE FOR MATCHES AND SPLINTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29.1919.

- Patented Jan. 27,1920.

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IVI. PARIDON.

ASSEMBLING MACHINE Foa MATCHES AND SPLINTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. 19l9.

1,329,060. Patented Jan.27,1920.

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Nl. PARIDON.

ASSEMBLING MACHINE FUR MATCHES AND SPLINTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1919.

1,329,060, Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

MICHAEL PABIDON, 0F BARIBEBTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

ASSEMBLING-MACHINE A:FOR MATCHES AND SPLINTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL PARIDON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Assembling- Machines for Matches and Splints, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to an apparatus for assembling match splints or matches in an orderly manner preparatory to their delivery to amatch maln'ng or a match packingmachine.

he object of my invention 1s to provlde an apparatus of simple and eiiicient construction and operation, whereby promlsouously mixed matches or splints are rapidly straightened and progressively delivered to a feed trough, and therein compactly settled in substantial parallelism.

In the form of embodiment of my invention herein illustrated, the matches or splints are suppliedin bulk to the interior of a rotating drum, which is constructed to deliver the matches or splints progressiveli to an inclined channeled structure leading to and overhanging an elongated feed trough through which travels a partitioning bladeconveyer. The matches or splints which enter the channels of the structure gravitate lengthwise of each other and pass into the trough in a manner to lie transversely of the latter, while the matches or splints which overlie the channels and are supported upon the tops of the adjacent channel walls roll over and pass beyond the trough so as to be returned to the mass of matches or splints contained in the lower part of the drum. Provision is had whereby is imparted to the trough a compound lateral and longitudinal jarring motion which gradually decreases in action from the receiving to the discharging end of the trough in such a manner as to insure the compact settling of the matches or splints within and throughout the length of the trough. Mechanism is also provided whereby the trough, the blade-conveyer and the drum are simultaneously driven in coperative relation to each other from a single source of power; all of which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side-elevation of an appa` ratus embodying my invention; part of the drum being broken away to show a portion of the inclined match or splint straightening structure.

2 is an end elevation of the apparatus.

F 1g. 3 1s a partial transverse vertical section of the same, as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. 1

Fig. 4 is a transverse section. of the splint or match trough and the overlying delivery end of the inclined structure.

Fig. 5 is a'. partial transverse section of said structure, as on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a supporting framework, 11 a horizontal trough supported thereon, and 12 an endless blade conveyer arranged to travel longitud1nally of and through the trough, which conveyer by its spaced blades 13, partitions the trough into a succession of traveling compartments, each of which is of less width than the length of a match or splint. Matches or splints deposited within and adjacent one end of the trough are transported by the conveyer in an orderly manner to the other or discharging end of the trough.

The trough is resiliently supported at its ends by two upstanding spring plates 14, 15 respectively, Which .are secured at their upper ends to brackets 16 on the trough. The plate 14 at the discharging end of the trough is a straight; member which is secured at its lower end to a standard 17 rising from the bed of the main frame, and the plate 15 at the opposite end of the trough is a longitudinally twisted member which is secured at its lower end to a crossbar 18 aliXed to posts 19 of the main frame,

whereby when the trough is longitudinally vibrated a substantial compound lateral and longitudinal vmotion is given to the receiving end of the trough. Such resultant motion is perforce transmitted throughout the length of the trough, the lateral impulses gradually decreasing in velocity and extent from the receiving to the discharging end of the trough. This compound motion of the trough avoids undue disturbance of the matches or splints during their advancement and accumulation, and thus insures the compact settling of the matches or splints in parallelism throughout the length of the trough.

The trough is longitudinally vibrated in any' suitable manner. In the present instance, an eccentric 20 on a power driven shaft 21 co-acts with the limbs 'of a bifurv cated bracket 22 on the under side ofthe trough. The shaft, which has its bearings in brackets 23 on posts 24 of the main frame, is equipped with a pulley 25 which is connected by means of a belt 26 with a pulley 27 on a lower shaft 28. This shaft 28 has its bearings in brackets 29 on the standard 17, and is provided with a gear-wheel 30.111 mesh with a gear 31 on the shaft 32 of a suitably-disposed electric motor 33.

The upper horizontal lead of the endless blade conveyer 12 is supported and guided by pulleys 34 which are mounted above the respective ends of the trough, the lower lead passing along the interior of the trough from the receiving to the dischargingend of the latter. The shafts 35 of the pulleys 34 have their bearings in brackets 36 on the framework. One of the shafts 35 is provided with a pulley 37 which is connected by means of a belt 38 with a pulley 39 on a lower driven shaft 40, which belt is trained about suitably-disposed guide pulleys 41 having` their bearings in a bracket 42 on the framework. The shaft 40 lies beneath and at right angles to the shaft 28 and bears a worm wheel 43 in mesh with a worm 44 on the shaft 28, whereby the latter shaft and its pulley are driven at a relatively slow speed and the motion transmitted to the bladeconveyer.

An inclined structure 45 having a chalineled upper surface 46 is supported by upstanding brackets 47 .on the main frame soas to overhang the receiving end of the trough and deliver the matches or splints thereto in substantial parallelism. The structure 45 comprises sheet metal corrugated to provide a series of parallel guide channels each of less width than the length of a splint or match, such sheet being preferably provided with a reinforcing bottom plate 48. v,'lihe lower end of the inclined structure is so formed and positioned that the basal portion of the channels terminates adjacent to one of the sides of the trough, and the walls of the channels overlie the trough and extend adjacent to the other side of the latter. Hence the splints within and longitudinally ofthe channels slide down and pass into the trough` while those splints which overlie the channels and are supported upon the tops of the adjacent channel walls roll over and pass beyond the trough. (See Fig. 4). y f

The matches or splints are delivered to the upper end of the inclined structure by means of a suitable feeder, which in the present instance, comprises a rotating drum 49 having open end heads 50 through one of which the matches or splints are thrown in bulk into the lower interior of the drum, which drum encircles the inclined guide structure and the adjacent portion of the trough. The-cylindrical body of the drum is provided withv a succession of internal vanes 5l which, being arranged in spaced relation to each other, convey the matches or splints progressively to and deposit them upon the structure 45 preparatory to their orderly delivery by way of the channels to the trough. The matches or splints, which rest upon the tops of the channels and are directed over-and beyond the trough, drop into the mass of matches or splints within the drum and are subsequently carried up by the vanes. The drum is equipped with spaced circumferential rings 52 which bear upon pairs of supporting rollers 53 on parallel shafts 54, 54 having their bearings in brackets 55 on the -bed of the main frame. The shaft 54 is equipped with av gear-wheel 56 which is geared through an idler gear 57 with a gear 58 on the slowly driven shaft 40, the motion thus being transmitted from the latter to the rollers on the shaft 54 and, perforce, eecting the bodily rotation of the drum.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the trough, the blade conveyer and the drum are simultaneously actuated from a single source of power; that the matches or splints supplied to the interior ofthe drum are progressively carried up and delivered by the vanes to the channeled structure and thence directed to and deposited in the trough in an orderly manner; that the matches or splints which are not properly positioned in the channels are directed over the trough and returned to the lower portion of the drum; that the conveyer partitions the trough and advances the matches or splints therealong to the discharge portion of the latter, and that the compound motion of the trough, resulting from its longitudinal and lateral elasticity, insures the compact settling of the matches during their progress along the trough.

Itis to be understood that my invention is not limited to the specific construction herein disclosed, as the same may be modified within the principle of my invention and the sco'pe ofthe appended claims.

I claim- 1. The combination of a trough, springsupporting elements therefor. and means for longitudinally reciprocating the trough, said elements being constructed and arranged to translate the longitudinal motion .of the trough into a compound lateral and longitudinal motion gradually decreasing in action from the receiving to the discharging end of the trough.

2. rlhe combination of a\ trough, upstanding springs supporting the respective ends of said trough, the spring at the receiving end of the trough being longitudinally twisted, and means for longitudinally reciprocating said trough.

3. The combination with a trough, of an inclined splint or match feeding structure therefor having parallel splint guiding channels leading to the top of said trough vand having the Walls of said channels shaped to -overhang the trough, whereby matches or splints deposited on the tops of said Walls and crosswise of" the channels are directed' over and beyond the trough.

4. The combination with a trough, of an inclined splint or match feeding structure therefor having parallel splint guiding channels leading to the top of said trough and having the Walls of said channels shaped to overhang the trough, Wlhereby matches or splints deposited on the tops of said Walls and crosswise of the channels are directed over and beyond the trough, and a rotary match or splint carrying drum encircling said trough and structure and having internal peripheral vanes adapted to convey the contents of the drum to the upper portion of the said structure.

5. The combination of a trough, upstanding springs supporting the respective ends of said trough, thev spring at the receiving end of the trough being longitudinally twisted, a drum encircling the said trough and having internal vanes adapted to convey the splint or match contents of the drum to the upper part of said structure, and actuating mechanism, including means for longitudinally vibrating the trough, means for moving the conveyer, and means i or rotating the drum.

Signed at Barberton in the county of Summit and State of Ohio this 25th day of March A. D. 1919. y MICHAEL PARIDON. 

